San Diego’s Eclectic Museums Celebrate the City’s Cultures

Winter is the perfect time to visit San Diego’s museums.

Visitors enjoy one of the frequent events at San Diego's Chicano Park Museum and Cultural Center that showcases the rich and vibrant history of Chicano, Latino and Indigenous cultures. Photo courtesy of Chicano Park Museum and Cultural Center

This time of the year is the perfect time to visit San Diego—and not just for the sublime weather, beaches, award-winning craft breweries (there are more than 150), and world-class attractions that include the San Diego Zoo. Winter is also a perfect time to browse through the city’s many museums.

While I’m here for the mainstay museums of Balboa Park—the Mingei International Museum, the San Diego Air and Space Museum, Museum of Photographic Arts, Comic-Con Museum, and Museum of Us—I’m also exploring some lesser-known of more than 80 local cultural outlets. Here are some of the more off-the-beaten path museums on my itinerary.